Mr. Moose has a 'tude

The night I got back from a week on the east coast, we let puppy (Clint Eastwood) out. He starts barking. I look at Mike and say "bear" because I had recently found out he left the trash out when I was gone. He rolled his eyes and went outside to check it out. Immediately he said "holy $&*@"...so I ran out, phone camera-ready to capture even though it was pitch black out. It was a bull moose. This is the rut season so when he swing his head towards us, less than 10 feet away, Mike made us go back inside quickly. We got the dog in too, without a moose, luckily. Here are some shots in the dark as he sauntered away...

Fall what? Snows a coming!

Family Hike Up Baldy

What to do on a super clear, sunny day...hike!

Moose!

I always get excited about a moose sighting. Saw a mama and two babies (big babies) last night in my 'hood:

Late Summer / Early Fall Hiking pics

Hapiest dog ever on Mile Hi:

Berry picking trek up Bear Mt:

Hike Up Birthday Party at Mile Hi:

Baldy:

Room, well house, with a view!

Mike did some work with the chainsaw today. We now have some sweet views opening up!

It's that time of year again...

Here we go again! Yummy fish to catch then brine, smoke, filet, can, etc. Mike fished with some friends down in Kenai and got a bunch of reds with a few pinks mixed in.

He stayed up late cleaning them and then got up early and was back in Eagle River by 8:30 am the next day. We went over to the Kaisers' house and started processing.

Smoking:

And making jerky:

Now we have a bunch of fish in cans and in the freezer. I am going to try and wait to have some until after the first snow. But we shall see how that goes...

My little mountain climber

Big milestone this week: Stella climbed her first mountain! She's been carried up mountains before but she climbed it this time! We did Baldy in Eagle River. I am so proud.

Someday this boy will climb a mountain but for now, he'll hitch a ride.

Harp Mountain Hike

Love me some Alaska Runking Girls hikes. Was joined my Jenergy tonight which made it extra fun! Happy dogs and people!

Another reason I love AK

Views like this. Wow. Arctic Valley hike with my hiking group. 

Fuzzy friends

Stella's dentist, also a local friend, heard where we had bought our house and said "oh yeah you'll get some fuzzy friends up there". Boy was he right! In the past week we have seen three moose (mooses, meese?) and a black bear. The black bear was our fault...he came after the diaper trash. Yikes! 

Boy did that bear run when Mike walked out into the yard and banged together two plastic pieces from the old fridge.